Category: Our People

Along the Valldemossa and Deià coast, the pine and olive grove covered Serra de Tramuntana gives way to spectacularly colourful and beautiful coves.

The sculptor and painter, Francisca Llabrés, is one of the most renown artists in Mallorca. Born in Palma in 1955, she resides in Establiments, where she has her home and her workshop. Her work shows us how it is possible to extract from the hardness of rocks the most subtle and tender forms:

Archeologist and presbyter. He carried out prominent scientific work and important archaeological excavations in Majorca,

After the defeat of the Muslims in the battle of Navas de Tolosa (1212), James I undertakes the expansion of the reign throughout the Mediterranean. The process, inscribed in the global framework of the Christian policies on the peninsula, formed an important part of the programme. It was set up in favour of the monarch in 1228 in order for him to reaffirm his power and

Interview: Jorge Lorenzo – Circuit de Catalunya
Revista Más Mallorca went to the “Catalonia Grand Prix”, where we interviewed the Mallorcan driver, Jorge Lorenzo, and spent time with the other 3-cylinder motorcycle drivers.

Everything began a long time ago, on December 7th 1234, when James I of Aragon empowered Guillem of Montgrí, the then elected archbishop of Tarragona, to conquest Ibiza (Medina Yebisah) and Formentera.
 

After winning the Antena 3 cooking competition in 1998, she moved to Telenova, where she took part in the “Planta Baixa” programme.

Unlike that of Mallorca, the Conquest of Valencia by King James I was achieved with the help of an important contingent from Aragon. In fact, in 1231 James I met with the nobleman Blasco de Alagón and the leader of the Military Order of the Hospital in Alcañiz to forge a battle plan for the conquest of Valencian territory.

Maria Antonia Salvà (1869 – 1958) is the foremost modern Catalan poet. She lived the early part of her life in La Llapassa, Llucmajor, with her aunts.

The beginning of his reign was marked by the battle of Muret (1213), in which his father Peter II the Catholic, died and left little James to Simon of Monfort’s – the winner of the Battle of Muret – custody. Simon held James as a hostage until Pope Innocence III ordered that he should be handed over to the Templars in 1214.

Joan Binimelis y Garcia (Manacor, 1538 – Palma, 1616) was a Mallorcan priest, doctor, historian, geographer and astronomer.

James I of Aragon, the son of Peter II the Catholic, King of Aragon and Earl of Barcelona and of Mary of Montpellier was born in Montpellier (France) in 1208. He was the King of Aragon (1213-1276), of Valencia (1239-76) and Mallorca (1229-1276). He also held the titles Earl of Barcelona (1213-1276) and Lord of Montpellier (1219-1276).

Arturo Sintes, President of the Balearic Cycling Foundation, asserts that the Palma Arena velodrome will enable the islands to reclaim the prestige enjoyed some years ago.

Josep Maria Quadrado (Ciutadella, 1819 – Palma de Mallorca, 1896). Spanish historian, journalist, writer and archaeologist. Quadrado was the general archivist of the Balearic Islands.

Ramon Llull (1232-1316) was a devout Mallorcan philosopher and theologian. He was the first author to use a neo-Latin language to express his philosophical, scientific and technical findings. His acute perception meant that he was responsible for introducing many new concepts and discoveries and he was also the creator of a literary Catalan language.

On his fifteenth birthday, Jorge Lorenzo became the youngest pilot ever participating in the Motorcycle Grand Prix. In the year 2005, he reached the 250cc category and became World Champion in the two following years.

Interview with Miquelina LladóIn 1981, she founded Musica Nostra and nearly 30 years later, the band is now a point of reference for lovers of traditional music. However, Miquaela Lladó’s career is rather more vast. she started in 1967 and has built up a successful solo career with periodical collaborations with distinguished bands. In 2004, the Mallorcan singer-songwriter found herself in the album “Com un ventall”

Francesc de Borja Moll (Ciutadella, 1903 – Palma, 1991) was a philologist, linguist, dialectologist and publisher. He studied humanities, philosophy and theology.

In an unprecedented and historic way, four Mallorcans converge to participate in the MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3 and MotoE World Motorcycling Championships: Joan Mir, Augusto Fernández, Izan Guevara and Miquel Pons.

The thing about Santa Catalina Tomás is that she is not a Saint from the bible, but an ordinary everyday person who later was beatified by the pope, in her case Pope Pius VI in 1792 and ever since Santa Catalina Tomás has been celebrated in Valldemossa once a year.

In the world of art and specifically painting, we have always known techniques such as oil painting, water colours and drawing, but from these a new, completely unknown style emerges, and this is where we find Toni Benassar, born in Manacor, master and defender of this technique, a real fighter in a desert full of well-defined oases, a true pastel tuareg.

Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda (Santa Cirga, Manacor, 1862 – Palma, 1932) was a Mallorcan writer who also was a modernist, clergy man, linguist, folklorist and publicist.